The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 2nd November 2022

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 2nd November 2022. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	That's surprising and it's sadly not something one could name
AAcross 5:	Criminal rip-off in fashion
AAcross 9:	A good part of three months and it's still warm
AAcross 10:	Mr James returned 'mood' paint?
AAcross 11:	Gaunt-looking rogue: suave or devious?
AAcross 12:	Criminal boss is dope? Surprise, surprise!
AAcross 14:	Popular painting etc — a clue: it surprisingly is hard to understand
AAcross 18:	Controversial treatment of hair, with article (hammer?) hitting your head!
AAcross 21:	See 12
AAcross 22:	Labour shortly to follow this US-style party?	BABYSHOWER
AAcross 25:	Steed forced to accept disastrous live broadcast
AAcross 26:	Old film star's talk that's hard to follow without a book
AAcross 27:	Bird otter somehow found in hollow dell
AAcross 28:	'All you can inhale' — final 20% off charge on coke, say, but not ecstasy
DDown 1:	Wife, as a consequence, is from where?
DDown 2:	One university offered Dawn's song
DDown 3:	Composer wants broadcaster to include trains (with volume adjusted)
DDown 4:	Scatter, climbing over duke's house
DDown 5:	So Eric frantically pulls in stomach when using one?
DDown 6:	See 19
DDown 7:	A flurry of rain gets beneath split on a riverbank
DDown 8:	Act against old PM and visibly age	TURNGREY
DDown 13:	Act prematurely and clear article by Rod	JUMPTHEGUN
DDown 15:	Practice with vehicle almost covered in concrete
DDown 16:	Dead, buried in ground, after one's separated
DDown 17:	Wretched gang gets drunk, taking lorry off	SORRYLOT
DDown 19:	Stories constructed by Spiderman?	AWEBOF
DDown 20:	Trial of alternative timber
DDown 23:	Yeats's top poem with Latin form of singing
DDown 24:	A dog without lead is too much!